BlueOkie

How Are the S&P's Dividend Aristocrats Performing?

Nice job!

When Timing Meets Opportunity: Which Dividend Achievers Are at a 52-Week Low?

Might want to back test this for at least 10 years and get some economic cycles. Ofcourse, this is trading not investing.

Yields of S&P's Dividend Aristocrats

The list has gotten smaller as more have cut dividends this year. I'm sure it'll get a revision.

38 Companies with Top Financial Strength

I like the criteria. Especially 1/2 of book. As a value investor, I currently own 3 of the stocks. Building a portfolio with 5 or 6 of these stocks from different sectors, would make for a good start. I currently bypass the brokers and invest only thru transfer agents.

Dividend Stocks for the Long Run

How do you diversify, meaning what measure? Stock price or dividend amount? Do you equal weight the stocks or do you follow the S&P 500 weighting? Equal weighting has proven to outperform the overall market recently because it underweights the financials. What do with your dividends? Do you return it to the individual stock thru a DRIP or consolidate all your dividends and then make a purchase? How do fees and taxes enter into your buying decisions?

20 Top High-Dividend Growth Stocks

I'm a big fan of dividends! Taxes are a consideration and in 2010, one may wish to look at non-paying dividend stocks for that reason. Whether to reinvest the dividend in the same stock via a DRIP or to pool all the dividends and invest in the best opportunity has pro's and cons' both ways. I prefer to use DRIPs where the company pays all or most of all the fees.

Replacement Candidates for David Merkel's Portfolio: From AA to ZZ

Too many to have any value. Not managable

16 High-Quality Dividend Stocks

I own several of these stocks. I bypass brokers and go directly to the company's transfer agent to reinvest the dividends. Many of the DRIPs are company paid.